# Unintended Consequence of Technology: New LED traffic lights can't melt snow **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 28, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unintended-consequence-of-technology-new-led-traffic-lights-cant-melt-snow/77650 "2009-12-28T14:09:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unintended-consequence-of-technology-new-led-traffic-lights-cant-melt-snow/77650/41 "2009-12-29T11:35:59Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > Don’t forget to put a visor over that new lens so that sun glare doesn’t blind the light. Of course, then snow will build up in that one too so you’d need another lense to keep the snow out of the visor over the anti-snow lens. yo dawg. we will put a lense on your lense so you can block the snow while you block the sun ---
**Author:** ![glitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/0ea827/32.png) [@glitch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/glitch)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unintended-consequence-of-technology-new-led-traffic-lights-cant-melt-snow/77650/42 "2009-12-29T11:37:42Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > Don’t forget to put a visor over that new lens so that sun glare doesn’t blind the light. Of course, then snow will build up in that one too so you’d need another lense to keep the snow out of the visor over the anti-snow lens. lol ☹ You can install them at an angle… like this . ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unintended-consequence-of-technology-new-led-traffic-lights-cant-melt-snow/77650/43 "2009-12-29T11:42:22Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > lol > > Why don’t they make the whole airplane out of that shit the indestructible black box is made of? Because it will put too much stress on the treadmill? ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unintended-consequence-of-technology-new-led-traffic-lights-cant-melt-snow/77650/44 "2009-12-29T11:44:31Z")
It would never take off… The light would not be green long enough. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unintended-consequence-of-technology-new-led-traffic-lights-cant-melt-snow/77650/45 "2009-12-29T11:45:19Z")
Unless you send the light a picture of your junk. ---
**Author:** ![drvnkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drvnkd/32/109615_2.png) [@drvnkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drvnkd)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 11:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unintended-consequence-of-technology-new-led-traffic-lights-cant-melt-snow/77650/46 "2009-12-29T11:47:53Z")
That would not be fair… one must consider shrinkage. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unintended-consequence-of-technology-new-led-traffic-lights-cant-melt-snow/77650/47 "2009-12-29T11:49:10Z")
If you need one normal sized junk picture can you use two pictures with shrinkage instead? ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unintended-consequence-of-technology-new-led-traffic-lights-cant-melt-snow/77650/48 "2009-12-29T11:49:17Z")
So now we can’t install traffic lights in pools? ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unintended-consequence-of-technology-new-led-traffic-lights-cant-melt-snow/77650/49 "2009-12-29T12:01:39Z")
Maybe they can put a big umbrella over the lights to stop the snow! Just like an awning on a house! It can hang over 3 feet off in each direction to make it impossible for snow buildup… ---
**Author:** ![fiend540](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bcef8e/32.png) [@fiend540](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fiend540)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unintended-consequence-of-technology-new-led-traffic-lights-cant-melt-snow/77650/50 "2009-12-29T12:04:36Z")
In the city you could probably just get rid of the lights completely as no one seems to pay attention to them anyways ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2009, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unintended-consequence-of-technology-new-led-traffic-lights-cant-melt-snow/77650/51 "2009-12-29T12:44:52Z")
The govt could just install control units in every car to make them stop and go. Or they could put a control unit in your head to make you stop.:tinfoilhat: [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unintended-consequence-of-technology-new-led-traffic-lights-cant-melt-snow/77650.md?page=2)